Fiery Quarrel Leads To Charge Of Arson

LAKE WORTH — A 36-year-old woman was charged with arson after the house she shared with her boyfriend was destroyed by fire, police said on Wednesday.

Detective Greg Spurlock said the woman, Faye Kemp, started the blaze at a small home at 812 A Street during an argument with her boyfriend, Timothy Holloway, on Sunday afternoon.

Spurlock said Kemp admitted setting fire to a photograph of herself and Holloway, then hanging it on the living room wall. When Kemp left the room to remove some personal belongings, the fire spread to some curtains and then the walls.

``She said she set the picture on fire to make her boyfriend mad,`` Spurlock said.

Kemp, who was in the process of moving out of the house, told Holloway the house was on fire when she walked out the door, Spurlock said. Holloway had called police earlier and asked to have Kemp evicted. He was standing outside waiting for officers to arrive when Kemp walked out of the house, Spurlock said.

Since there was no apparently no intent to cause bodily harm, Kemp was charged with second-degree instead of first-degree arson and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on $3,000 bail, Spurlock said. She was released late on Wednesday on her own recognizance after a court appearance.